
Syracuse hung tough to get the NCAA Tournament win it needed to get the rematch the Orange have wanted since November. Brianna Butler scored 17 points, including the go-ahead basket with 58.7 seconds left, to lift eighth-seeded Syracuse to a 72-69 victory over Nebraska on Friday night. Now, Syracuse tries to reach its first-ever Sweet 16 on Sunday against top-seeded South Carolina, a team they lost to 67-63 at the Junkanoo Jam last November. ''That was a tough game,'' Syracuse guard Alexis Peterson said.
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